Chapter XLVII

A. Voluntary Termination 1. The board shall be notified when a decision has been made to close an undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s). 2. The undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) shall provide a written plan of terminatio…

A. Step I: Letter of Intent and Feasibility Study 1. A written notice of intent to establish a new undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) stating the purpose and type of program must be submitted to the board in two paper copies and one electronic copy …

A. Undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) must present evidence of compliance with all standards and requirements contained in LAC 46:XLVII.Chapter 35. B. The undergraduate nursing education degree program shall have a pass rate of 80 percent or greater…

A. Phasing-out an Existing Nursing Program (refer to §3531) 1. Notification of intent for restructuring an existing undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) . A letter of intent shall be submitted to the board to phase out an existing undergraduate and/or…

A. Annual Report . The undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) shall submit two paper copies and one electronic copy of an annual report, on a form provided by the board, on the designated date, accompanied by one electronic copy of the current school ca…

A. "Community-based experiences" involve the community as a whole, exclusive of acute care facilities, with nursing care of individuals, families, and groups being provided within the context of promoting and preserving the health of the community. B. Non-health-care related agen…

A. Undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree programs not leading to licensure and/or an additional APRN certification do not require approval by the board. B. Non-licensure undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education degree program(s) offering courses/clinical e…

A. The rules of this Chapter interpret, implement and provide for the enforcement of R.S. 37:1744 and R.S. 37:1745 , requiring disclosure of a registered nurse's and registered nurse applicant's financial interest in another health care provider to whom or to which the nurse refe…

A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms are defined as follows. Board - Louisiana State Board of Nursing. Financial Interest - a significant ownership or investment interest established through debt, equity or other means and held, directly or indirec…

A. Any violation of or failure of compliance with the prohibitions and provision of § 3613 of this Chapter shall be deemed grounds for disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse, R.S. 37:921 , providing cause for the board to deny, revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline…

A. A registered nurse shall not make any referral of a patient outside the nurse's employment practice for the provision of health care items or services by another health care provider in which the referring registered nurse has a financial interest, unless, in advance of any su…

A. Any arrangement or scheme, including cross-referral arrangements, which a registered nurse knows or should know has a principal purpose of ensuring or inducing referrals by the registered nurse to another health care provider, which, if made directly by the registered nurse wo…

A. Any violation of or failure of compliance with the prohibitions and provision of § 3613 of this Chapter shall be deemed grounds for disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse, R.S. 37:921 , providing cause for the board to deny, revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline…

A. A registered nurse shall not knowingly and willfully make or offer to make any payment, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, to induce another person to refer an individual to the registered nurse for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing o…

A. Proportionate Return on Investment. Payments or distributions by an entity representing a direct return on investment based upon a percentage of ownership shall not be deemed a payment prohibited by R.S. 37:1745 .B or by § 3613 of these rules, provided that the requirements of…

Appendix Referring Nurse_________________________ Phone _________________ Employer_____________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________ DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST AS REQUIRED BY R.S. 37:1744 AND LAC 46:XLVII.3603…

A. The board shall: 1. establish and publish standards of nursing practice and education in accordance with those developed and accepted by the profession; 2. adopt, and revise rules and regulations necessary to enable the board to carry into effect the provision of this Part in …

A. Definition PICC Line -peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are venous devices used to administer all types of intravenous medications and solutions. PICCs are soft, flexible catheters. B. Registered nurses may insert, secure and remove central catheters through peri…

A. Introduction. Registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses may delegate medication administration in outpatient clinic settings for patients with stable and predictable health conditions under specific provisos as provided for in this Subpart. When delegating to u…

A. The Louisiana State Board of Nursing recognizes that assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, teaching, and supervision are the major responsibilities of the registered nurse in the practice of nursing. The standards of nursing practice provide a means of determining th…

A. Data concerning an individual's health status must be systematically and continuously collected, recorded, and communicated in order to determine nursing care needs, according to the following criteria. 1. The priority of data collection is determined by the individual's immed…

A. Nursing diagnoses, nursing care goals, and expected outcomes are derived from an analysis of the health status data, according to the following criteria. 1. The individual's health status is compared to the norm to determine if there is a deviation and the degree and direction…

A. The APRN is responsible and accountable for compliance to the specific standards of practice for his/her specialty and functional role and for other state and federal rules and regulations that effect his/her patient population(s). Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 46 , § XLVII-4517 …

A. The following terms used in this manual are defined as follows. Accreditation - a program is granted accreditation when evaluation by the State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners reveals that requirements of the statutes and regulations are being met. Accreditation as here use…

A. An institution contemplating the establishment of a program of practical nursing shall submit the following preliminary information: 1. purpose of establishing a program to include community needs and readiness to support a program; 2. sources of potential students, faculty an…

A. Programs in practical nursing shall be established in an educational institution that meets the requirements of the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners. B. An institution shall provide appropriate and adequate facilities for a practical nursing department to inc…

A. A board representative shall conduct a survey of the institution requesting the establishment of a practical nursing program to include the proposed clinical facilities of cooperating agencies to be utilized in order to ascertain that the initial requirements may be satisfacto…

A. Upon approval of the initial survey, the director of the institution shall complete and submit an application form supplied by the board office. B. The application form and proposed plans shall be submitted for board approval and the institution shall be notified in writing of…

A. The board may consider approval of a nontraditional program. Such approval may be granted only to institutions with well established traditional programs which have a record of proven success of graduate first time writers on the approved practical nursing licensure examinatio…

A. The program shall have a faculty of sufficient size and expertise to fulfill the program objectives. At no time shall a faculty consist of less than two fulltime nurse members, one of whom shall be designated as coordinator/department head. Programs with two fulltime nurse fac…

A. Coordinator. Shall be responsible for the implementation of the program plan within the institutional organization. B. Instructors. Shall be directly responsible to the coordinator and shall be responsible for selecting, teaching, guiding and evaluating all learning experience…

A. Instructor-Student Ratio. One instructor shall be responsible for no more than 10 students in the clinical area. B. Provision shall be made for clerical assistance for the program. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 46 , § XLVII-905 Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Re…

A. All policies affecting the students or the program shall be subject to board approval prior to implementation. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 46 , § XLVII-921 Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Practical Nurse Examiners, LR 3:194 (April 1977), am…

A. The policies for admission, evaluation, level advancement and completion shall be developed by the faculty and approved by the board prior to implementation. B. Policies shall be planned to provide for student welfare as related to health, counseling and guidance, financial ai…

A. The curriculum shall be developed and written by the nursing faculty and shall include the philosophy and objectives of the program. Curriculum development and revision shall consider current concepts in health care and health care delivery systems. The evolution of the role o…

A. A copy of the current board approved curriculum and a copy of the master rotation plan shall be available to the board on request. B. The master rotation plan for each class shall provide the starting date, course of study, clinical practice areas and scheduled rotations, clas…

A. Regular admissions shall: 1. receive a grade placement of at least 12.0 in mathematics, reading and language on an achievement test approved by the board; 2. provide certification of high school graduation or satisfactory completion of the State Department of Education equival…

A. Individual files shall be maintained for each instructor to include: 1. application; 2. job description; 3. terms of employment; 4. advancement; 5. educational advancement; 6. participation in professional organizations; 7. research and/or publication. Notes La. Admin. Code ti…

A. General records shall be maintained and shall include: 1. faculty meeting minutes; 2. advisory committee meeting minutes; 3. board correspondence: memos and reports; 4. materials of historical interest; 5. master rotation plan for each class. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 46 , § …

A. All programs shall submit periodic reports as requested by the board to include: 1. student evaluation forms to be obtained from the board office and submitted in duplicate accompanied by specified fee for each student enrolled in the program; 2. annual report forms to be obta…